diff --git a/dev-python/dbus-python/dbus-python-1.4.0.ebuild b/dev-python/dbus-python/dbus-python-1.4.0.ebuild
index d639a5a6848e4..76be0a96c1eea 100644
--- a/dev-python/dbus-python/dbus-python-1.4.0.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/dbus-python/dbus-python-1.4.0.ebuild
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ RDEPEND="
 	${DEPEND}
 "
 BDEPEND="
+	dev-build/autoconf-archive
 	virtual/pkgconfig
 	doc? (
 		$(python_gen_any_dep '